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  TIIE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  [BTH. 
  AKN. 
  27 
  

  

  Si.it, 
  i 
  nth 
  stanza. 
  63. 
  hathe, 
  clothing 
  — 
  a 
  general 
  term 
  (the 
  word 
  

   here 
  refers 
  to 
  the 
  husk 
  around 
  the 
  ear 
  of 
  the 
  maize) 
  ; 
  'to", 
  ato 
  n 
  , 
  I 
  have, 
  

   or 
  possess. 
  

  

  Seventeenth 
  stanza. 
  67. 
  'pain, 
  hair 
  ('pa, 
  head; 
  hi, 
  hair); 
  hi, 
  vowel 
  

   continued; 
  kugthi, 
  light, 
  shining. 
  

  

  Eighteenth 
  stanza. 
  71. 
  zi, 
  yellow. 
  

  

  Nineteenth 
  stanza. 
  75. 
  sha'ba, 
  sha'be, 
  dark 
  colored. 
  

  

  Twentieth 
  stanza. 
  79. 
  arf/<«, 
  the 
  tassel 
  of 
  the 
  maize. 
  

  

  Twenty-first 
  stanza. 
  S3, 
  pka, 
  white. 
  

  

  Twenty-third 
  stanza. 
  91. 
  z7m, 
  flesh, 
  as 
  of 
  fruit; 
  to", 
  to 
  possess. 
  

  

  Twenty-fourth 
  stanza. 
  94. 
  aHhicpo 
  11 
  , 
  feels 
  me 
  (a", 
  me; 
  ihicpd", 
  to 
  

   feel 
  of) 
  ; 
  a, 
  7wi, 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  sentence. 
  96. 
  aHhizha, 
  to 
  pull 
  or 
  push 
  

   apart, 
  to 
  pluck, 
  as 
  the 
  ear 
  from 
  the 
  stalk. 
  

  

  Twenty-fifth 
  stanza. 
  98. 
  a 
  n 
  bacno 
  n 
  , 
  roasts 
  (a", 
  me; 
  bacno 
  n 
  , 
  to 
  

   thrust 
  on 
  a 
  stick 
  and 
  roast 
  before 
  the 
  fire). 
  

  

  Twenty-sixth 
  stanza. 
  102. 
  aHhigtha, 
  aHhi 
  gtha, 
  to 
  push 
  off 
  with 
  a 
  

   stick, 
  to 
  shell. 
  104. 
  aHhata 
  (thata, 
  to 
  eat; 
  a 
  n 
  , 
  me). 
  

  

  Free 
  translation 
  

  

  1 
  

   O 
  hasten! 
  

  

  Behold, 
  

  

  With 
  four 
  roots 
  I 
  stand. 
  

  

  Behold 
  me! 
  

  

  2 
  

   O 
  hasten! 
  

  

  Behold, 
  

   With 
  one 
  leaf 
  I 
  stand. 
  

  

  Behold 
  me! 
  

  

  3 
  

   hasten! 
  

  

  Behold, 
  

   With 
  two 
  leaves 
  1 
  stand. 
  

  

  Behold 
  me! 
  

  

  4 
  

   O 
  hasten! 
  

  

  Behold, 
  

   With 
  three 
  leaves 
  I 
  stand. 
  

  

  Behold 
  me! 
  

  

  5 
  

   O 
  hasten! 
  

  

  Behold, 
  

   With 
  four 
  leaves 
  I 
  stand. 
  

  

  Behold 
  me! 
  

  

  G 
  

   O 
  hasten! 
  

  

  Behold, 
  

   With 
  five 
  leaves 
  I 
  stand. 
  

  

  Behold 
  me! 
  

  

  